Chapter 308 The Mockery\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The rumors didn\u2019t stop. Some said she had married him for his fortune. Others whispered that Curtis\u2018 death wasn\u2019t an accident, and that she had something to do with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The coverage was relentless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yolanda made sure Adriana never saw it. She kept her phone away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana stayed silent. She didn\u2019t speak. She didn\u2019t read. She didn\u2019t move.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Natasha and her crew didn\u2019t wait long.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They\u2019d been circling like vultures, waiting for Curtis to fall. Waiting for Adriana to stand alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They thought she was done for. Back at the bottom. Easy prey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAdriana, you\u2019re a curse,\u201d Natasha sneered. \u201cCurtis died because of you.\u201d She and Danielle had shown up pretending to pay their respects. But they weren\u2019t here to mourn. They came to laugh at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana didn\u2019t answer. She didn\u2019t look at them. She treated them like they didn\u2019t exist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One thought drowned out everything else. Curtis wasn\u2019t dead. This was just part of the plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She kept telling herself that. If she said it enough, maybe it would come true. Curtis would come back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBack off. Show some respect and leave,\u201d Denton said, stepping in front of her. His voice was sharp. He wouldn\u2019t let anyone touch his sister\u2013in\u2013law.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natasha smirked and placed a lily on the side table. She leaned in and whispered with a twisted smile. \u201cAdriana, I told you before. The day you lost Curtis\u2026 that\u2019s the day your life ends.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she turned and strutted out like she\u2019d won\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yolanda nearly snapped, but Adriana grabbed her wrist and held her back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAdriana, my deepest sympathies,\u201d Danielle said sweetly. She laid a lily down, then glanced over her shoulder with a smirk. \u201cI heard you didn\u2019t get much from Curtis\u2018 estate. That\u2019s rough.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, she turned and left, strolling out with Natasha beside her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Savannah waited near the gate. She scanned the area, then motioned them over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou both saw Curtis\u2018 body, right? No mistake?\u201d Danielle asked in a low voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Savannah\u00a0<\/p>\n
gave a calm smile. \u201cI saw him with my own eyes. He\u2019s gone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She actually looked proud. \u201cMy dad was the one who dressed him. I watched as the chamber sealed. I saw the flames. He\u2019s ash now. He\u2019s not coming back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natasha\u2019s lips curled with satisfaction. She didn\u2019t even try to hide the gleam in her eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All three of them thought they\u2019d won.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They were thrilled to see Adriana crash back to the bottom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll see how she ends up,\u201d Danielle said, still smiling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe married Curtis and didn\u2019t even cash out. She burned every bridge she had. She\u2019ll be worse off than she was as a nobody,\u201d Savannah sneered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natasha scoffed and glanced back at the funeral home. Adriana sat frozen inside, clutching Curtis\u2018 portrait like a statue. \u201cShe ruined my brother\u2019s life. He\u2019s rotting in prison. The Jones family and the Langfords won\u2019t ever let her off the hook. All we have to do is wait.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI noticed how protective Matthew was earlier. When we walked up, he was watching her closely. If she clings to him, we might run into problems,\u201d Danielle said, eyes sharp as she looked at Natasha. She reminded Natasha to come up with a counter play for that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natasha\u2019s smile vanished. \u201cShe might be shameless, but the Langfords still have a name to protect. No way they\u2019ll accept a woman who buried her husband. And she\u2019s the one who threw Mia in jail. That door\u2019s already closed. I\u2019ll go straight to Matthew\u2019s mom. She\u2019ll make sure Adriana stays out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Danielle and Savannah nodded, both wearing the same smug expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now that Curtis was out of the picture, they weren\u2019t even trying to hide their alliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After they left, Yolanda stepped out from behind a pillar and snorted. Just like she thought. Snakes, all of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They didn\u2019t bother keeping up the act anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She turned to look at Adriana. Her chest tightened. Adriana hadn\u2019t moved an inch. She sat there clutching the photo, her face blank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without Curtis, what would happen to her?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Yolanda exhaled and walked over. She sat beside her quietly. \u201cAdriana \u2026 you\u2019ve got to hold on,\u201d she said gently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana didn\u2019t blink. Her voice came out like sandpaper. \u201cI won\u2019t give them the satisfaction.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yolanda wrapped an arm around her and pulled her in. \u201cGood. We\u2019re not letting them win.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana hadn\u2019t shed a single tear. She just waited. She was waiting for the bouquet Kenneth promised.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She kept thinking too. If Curtis was really gone, what was she supposed to do? She couldn\u2019t even picture her life anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then Kenneth walked in. \u201cMrs. Lincoln. My condolences,\u201d he said. In his hands was the white lily she\u2019d been waiting for.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not one stem. An entire bouquet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was the one she and Curtis had picked out together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her hands started to shake. She couldn\u2019t stop the tears anymore. They came fast and heavy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She rose to her feet and accepted the bouquet of white lilies. Her fingers trembled as they closed around the stems.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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